Gidney v. Chappel
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. The facts, which involve the application and construction of statutes of the United States relating to the probate of wills in Indian Territory, are stated in the opinion.,
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was a suit to set aside a will probated in common form and to avoid its probate. - The suit was begun in the United States Court for the Indian Territory, wherein the will had been probated, and was transferred to an Oklahoma court when that State was admitted into the Union. The plaintiff ultimately prevailed and the Supreme Court of the State affirmed the judgment. 38 Oklahoma, 596; 43 Oklahoma, 267.
The Federal question in the case is whether certain statutes bearing upon such a suit were put in force in the Indian Territory by the act of May 2, 1890, . c. 182, § 31, 26 Stat. 81, 94,…
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